Combination wallet and rosary



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I COMBINATION WALLET AND ROSARY Filed July 24, 1.956 2 Sheets-Sneet 2 United States Patent COMBINATION WALLET AND ROSARY Anthony G. Rosa, Lyndhurst, N. J.

Application July 24, 1956, Serial No. 599,885

4 Claims. (Cl. 206-19) This invention relates to the combination of a wallet and a plate or the like removably secured in the wallet and adapted to have a readily removable and replaceable rosary secured to the plate. With a rosary thus provided, it is always readily accessible to a person.

Another object of the invention is the provision, in various forms, of a combination of a plate together with means for releasably securing a rosary thereon.

The above broad as well as more specific objects will be clarified in the following description wherein reference numerals refer to like-numbered parts in the accompanying drawings. It is to be noted that the drawings are intended solely for the purpose of illustration and that it is therefore neither desired not intended to limit the invention to any or all of the exact details shown except insofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan view looking down upon an open wallet provided with a rosary carrying plate embodying one concept of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, with the rosary omitted.

Pig. 3 is a perspective view of a closed wallet showing how the same appears in the case of all of the forms of the combination wallet and rosary presented herein.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the rosary carrying plate, per se, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1, showing one way in which the supporting or mounting plate for the rosary carrying plate may be secured to the wallet, applicable to all of the forms of the combination herein presented.

Fig. 8 is a plan View of a modified form of the rosary carrying plate.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

6 is a sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 10 is a plan view of another modified form of rosary carrying plate.

Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken on the line 1111 of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a plan view of still another modified form of rosary carrying plate.

Fig. 13 is a sectional view. taken on the line 13-13 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken on the line 1414 of Fig. 12.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the wallet for each of the various modifications of the invention illustrated is the same and consists of the two usual wallet flaps 10 and 11, the pocket 12 on one of the flaps being adapted to contain the rosary plate 13, 14, 15 or 16. The pocket 12 preferably has an open window 17 to give ready accessibility to the rosary carrying plate therein without sliding the latter through the pocket mouth, but the pocket ice wall 18 containing the window may, if desired, be provided without a window.

A mounting plate 19 having its longitudinal edges 20 reversely beveled so that the base of this plate is narrower than its upper surface, is secured against the flap 11 by any suitable means, either by stitching, not shown or, by cement 21, or any other means. The mounting plate is preferably made of plastic material in some of the forms of the combination shown, but it may also be made of metal in other forms.

The rosary carrying plates 13, 14, 15 and 16 all have the same configuration, being flat and having downturned longitudinal edges 22 complementary to the plate edges 28 of the mount, so that a dove-tail sliding engagment is had of the plate carrying the rosary on the mounting plate.

In all of the modifications of rosary carrying plates shown, it is desired that the outline of the rosary when secured to the plate bear the appearance of a cathedral arch or window, as is evident in the drawings. In the case of the plate 13, Fig. 1, the rosary is shown at 23, being composed of a continuous link chain having spaced smaller beads 24 interposed between series of links, formed in the double-outline shape of a cathedral arch as shown, and in addition the rosary includes a short chain 25, substantially similar to the continuous chain 23 except that it bears at its free end a crucifix 26 and, at its junction with the chain 25, a medallion 27. In addition to the small beads 24, larger beads 28 are provided in both chains. especially at the base of the two sides of the arch. The exact sizes of the various beads with relationship to each other, however, is not material to the invention.

In order that the rosary may be releasably mounted on the plate 13, a series of spaced upstanding projections or spring clips 29 are provided to define the inner edge of the outline of the outer port-ions of the rosary, and a second similar series 3'3 is provided to define the curved portion of the outline of the inner portions of the rosary, so that when the latter is mounted as shown the tension of the projections, or their resistance, maintains the cathedral form of the chain. In the case of the crucifix 26, similar suitably spaced projections 31 are provided, so that it is held against slipping and loosening the straight chain 25. Thus, the rosary may easily be removed from the plate and as easily restored thereto, whether the same remains in the windowed pocket 12 or is removed from a windowless pocket.

Additionally, if desired, a rounded recess 32 may be provided in the plate 13 in which the medallion 27 registers, as Well as spherical recesses 33 for registration therein of larger beads such as the beads 28, for example. Further, the projections 29 at the bases of the cathedral arch outline, may be provided at an angle, if desired, to permit rounding of the bases of the arch, as shown.

The plate 14, Fig. 8, has the cathedral arch outline for the rosary provided differently, and contains suitable recesses 35 for the various larger heads, a circular recess 36 for the medallion, a cross-shaped recess 37 for the crucifix, the outline for the outer chain portion being provided in a raised portion or ridge 34 and for the curved part of the inner portion in a similar ridge 38. The bases 39 of the ridges or ridge 34 may, if desired, be provided with cylindrical cut-outs at right angles to the plate in alignment with the lowermost recesses 35,

for easy slipping of the lowermost beads 28 over the subscript a. The base portions 43, forming part of the strip 41, have semi-circular deformations 44 therein to serve the same purpose as the cut-outs 40 of Fig. 8.

In the form of plate shown at 16 in Fig. 12, the plate is made of a non-magnetic material, and is provided in its upper surface with recesses 36b, 35b, and 37b, similar to the recesses of the same reference numeral without the suffix b, of Fig. 8, and for the same purposes. The bottom of the plate 16 is provided with a groove 45 following the contour of the cathedral arch outer outline, and a second inner groove 46 following the inner outline of the arch. In addition, the top surface has a series-of spaced recesses therein, arranged in the same contours as the arch grooves 45 and 46, as shown at 4? and 48, respectively. Inlaid in the groove 46 is a complementary length of magnetized metal such as, for example, steel wire, and inlaid in the groove 47 is a similar magnetized length, these magnets being shown respectively at 49 and 50. All of the beads as well as other parts of the rosary to he 'used in this case are made of magnetizable material. The two extremities of the innner grooves 46 and also of the metal 50 therein, are extended inward toward each other so that their tips exercize a magnetic force upon the crucifix 26. Similarly, the extremitiesof the outer metal 49 are also deformed toward each'other, to act upon the large beads 28. Thus, owing to the attractive force of the magnets, the rosary when positioned on the plate 16 with the various beads etc. in their proper places, will be held securely against the plate. If desired,

the plate 16 may also have a cross-shaped recess, shown .at 3717, to accommodate the crucifix.

I claim:

1. In combination, a wallet including a flap having a substantially rectangular pocket therein open at one end, a substantially rectangular plate securedto one wall .of s p k t ithen nd t ereo position d a j c 'the open end of the pocket, a second plate slidably mounted on said first plate, dove-tail interlocking means partly on each of said plates, 21 rosary, and means on said second plate for releasably securing the elements of the rosary thereto with said elements outlining substantially the form of a cathedral arch, saidlast-named means comprising resilient upstanding members on the top surface of the second plate arranged in said form and having the rosary in contact therewith with said members positioned on the concave side of the curved rosary whence said members by virture of their resiliency tend to tense the rosary to maintain the same in said form.

2. The combination set forth in claim 1 said members comprising spaced fingers.

3. The combination set forth in claim 1, said form comprising essentially 'an inner arch outline and an outer arch outline-substantially equidistant from the inner outline, said members comprising a continuous ridge on said top surface deformed to conform to the outer arch outline and having that portion of the rosary forming the outer arch outline positioned thereagainst, and a continuous ridge on said top surface deformed to coriform the inner arch outline having at least a portion of the rosary forming the inner arch outline positioned thereagainst.

7 4. The combination set forth in claim 1, said rosary including spaced enlarged members, said second plate having recesses therein receptive of said enlarged members.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 407,477 Ezell July 23, 1889 2,511,774 Goldsmith June 13, 1950 7 2,651,850

Czerwicznik Sept. '15,, 1953 

